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Texas State Board of Education rejects Mexican-American studies textbook
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/16/state-board-education-rejects-mexican-american-stu/...Wednesday's vote followed an hours-long public hearing Tuesday, when 35 Hispanic activists and scholars spoke out against the textbook's adoption.
In an interview Tuesday, Cynthia Dunbar, CEO of Momentum Instruction, the publisher of the controversial textbook, said she had sent a letter telling the board their rejection of the book would be "unconstitutional."
Dunbar said that she had addressed opponents’ corrections of the book in a newer draft. Hispanic scholars said the new draft is still inaccurate.
Before the vote, board member Thomas Ratliff addressed Dunbar's comments, saying that the State Board of Education is "not censoring" the textbook.
“I want us to be very clear about the vote we are taking today and Friday,” he said. Nothing prohibits Dunbar from publishing the book as it is or selling it to public school districts, he said. But it will not be on a board-approved list of instructional materials...
In an interview Tuesday, Cynthia Dunbar, CEO of Momentum Instruction, the publisher of the controversial textbook, said she had sent a letter telling the board their rejection of the book would be "unconstitutional."
Dunbar said that she had addressed opponents’ corrections of the book in a newer draft. Hispanic scholars said the new draft is still inaccurate.
Before the vote, board member Thomas Ratliff addressed Dunbar's comments, saying that the State Board of Education is "not censoring" the textbook.
“I want us to be very clear about the vote we are taking today and Friday,” he said. Nothing prohibits Dunbar from publishing the book as it is or selling it to public school districts, he said. But it will not be on a board-approved list of instructional materials...
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